The von Bode Dragon and Phoenix Rug

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This rug was located in Rome Italy by Dr. Wilhelm Von Bode of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum (now the Bode Museum) in Berlin, Germany. It is very close in style to a carpet in Marriage of the Foundlings, a fresco in the Spedale di Santa Maria della Scala in Siena, Italy painted between 1440 and 1444 by Domenico di Bartolo, c.1400-1447. For that reason von Bode argued convincingly that this rug must predate the painting. This rug is usually credited to the 14th century while others at times date this from the 13th to the 17th century.

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